Four Springs

The horse raced for the first time in November 2025 at Hereford and won straight away, which is always a good sign. Since then, it has accumulated 2 wins and 4 top-3 finishes from just 5 races, giving it a 40% win rate overall — that is better than 2 wins in every 5 races. In Class 4 company, where it typically competes, the record is 1 win from 3 races. Nothing spectacular, but solid and workmanlike, exactly what you want to see from a horse building its jumping career.

Ben Pauling trains Four Springs at his Naunton base in Gloucestershire, a yard that has sent 91 winners out this season alone — a reflection of serious horsepower and organisation. The trainer clearly has the horse progressing thoughtfully: a debut win, then some competitive racing where it has learned the game, and now back-to-back form that suggests it is ready for more testing assignments. Recent form in jumping racing matters enormously, and Four Springs' record of two wins in its last five races is exactly the trajectory that could lead to bigger opportunities.